Late every January – as reliable as the buzzards returning to Hinckley, Ohio each March – the revised Poverty Guidelines are published in the
Category: Poverty
It’s not surprising that now is the time that “Forgotten Americans” rose up
It should not surprise us that 2016 has been the year of the Trump voter. It could well have happened without Donald Trump. Just
The social and political costs of the Rio Olympics
Throughout the coming weeks of sport and competition, keep in mind the cost Rio and Brazil are bearing to host us. More than 77,000 citizens
Paul Ryan: When a Republican does not look like a demon to progressives
Wouldn’t it be nice if all of our political stereotypes were affirmed with every individual? You know, for progressives it would be easy if
Addressing hunger: Republicans say charity; Dems say government
If charity was the answer to our problems, then there would be no homelessness in America, no poverty in general. We would have a
The fizzling of The Population Bomb: China ends its one-child policy
Last night, I attended a presentation looking at trends in world population since biologist Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb in 1968, a best-selling
Screw the poor: Not expanding Medicaid cost red states $2 billion in 2015
Squandering $2 billion dollars in essentially free money is not what anyone would call “fiscal conservatism.” But that’s exactly what the phony fiscal conservatives
Americans are too charitable
You can tell a lot about a society by what its citizens compliment themselves about. You might also learn a great deal about a
You can be mean and still sound rational
A recent article published here on Occasional Planet stated that the Republican debates last Thursday night were not as much of a clown car
The First Church of Cannabis, and other unintended consequences
Indianapolis hosted the 100th Anniversary Convention for Kiwanis International these past few days. As is the norm, I represented my Valley Park [Missouri] club.